tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post9207205701688057148..comments2024-03-29T11:38:51.363+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-6912792403356585752010-05-10T05:42:46.217+01:002010-05-10T05:42:46.217+01:00I love book sales. In my hometown there used to be...I love book sales. In my hometown there used to be this used bookstore and my mom reads so many books (she practically inhales them) that she got a deal with the used bookstore guy-- she would bring him truckloads of books from her collection that she was done with and then he would give her credit, so she would take a carton of new books home. Once a month they swapped and she was so sad when he went out of business some years ago.<br /><br />On another note- from an American perspective- Happy Mother's Day Jean!Angelhttp://knittingangel.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-4047501152875316192010-05-10T00:53:30.454+01:002010-05-10T00:53:30.454+01:00It sounds like a lovely sale. The big annual book ...It sounds like a lovely sale. The big annual book sale near here is held by a private school. Dealers get in an hour early if they pay (free to all, later), but since more books are brought out hourly for two days, there are still gems available if you're lucky. They don't sort the books so beautifully though. I always buy too much.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-38247562167521147872010-05-09T10:52:33.652+01:002010-05-09T10:52:33.652+01:00Aha! That shawl pattern. I still have mine - I thi...Aha! That shawl pattern. I still have mine - I think from my Mother originally, and did the other one (Old Shell with border) for the first baby. <br /><br />Was never very pleased, since I didn't know about blocking back then, and then the m**h got at it so it had to go.<br /><br />I do keep wondering if that would be a good idea for some of the laceweight I have put by.jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-49838070472571745292010-05-09T10:29:48.425+01:002010-05-09T10:29:48.425+01:00Well Jean I have to comment on this morning's ...Well Jean I have to comment on this morning's tale before I do another thing. Your Book Sale experience 2010 has echoes of the Annual Trinity Book Sale and the Dublin City Book Fairs which I used to participate in - as a dealer I might add. But I'm not one of those dealers who elbows ordinary people aside in order to snatch up the books he wants to resell. No, I'm a book collector who buys too many and then has to sell or give some of them away. And I am the one who wants to stay for 8 hours and bored spouse resignedly goes away.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193395027474680289noreply@blogger.com